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My tiny closet has gotten a little out of control, so I consulted a few of my favorite homekeeping websites hoping to find some helpful hints on how to organize your closet. The best articles were from Apartment Therapy and Real Simple. Below are the tips I found most useful on organizing your closet: 1. [...]

I recently had a customer in the downtown shoe store tell me about the Immersed in Ink Tattoo Convention that’s headed to New Orleans next month. I hadn’t heard about it yet, so I was excited when she mentioned that not only would it feature all sorts of amazing tattoo artists, but other entertainment like [...]

Trashy Diva ladies love vintage and vintage-inspired eyeglasses. Kathy went on her own search awhile back for vintage eyeglasses and found some great authentic vintage frames. I’ve had my current glasses 5 or 6 years now, so I recently started thinking about getting some new frames. I found out about Mezzmer, an online service for [...]

Part 2 of the Atlanta Journey… (missed part 1? read it here.) DAY 3 &4: C’om in my mouth following the Taste of Marietta. Yes, you heard correctly. First, my mom and I loaded up the kids and went to Historic Marietta Square for the annual Taste of Marietta. Then we went past the southern icon Big Chicken to [...]

(My awesome sunglasses = AJ Morgan from Trashy Diva of course!) Last weekend I headed to Lafayette, Louisiana for my first time at the Festival International de Louisiane. We have some great festivals here in New Orleans, and I know some people there seemed to think I was crazy for skipping Jazz Fest to go [...]

Designer Kathy Steig brings a bit of vintage glamour to your bathroom with her hand-sewn bath towels and hand towels. We’ve got one of her penguin hand towels and the quality is great – it’s held up to plenty of hand-drying abuse! She offers plenty of fun designs including pinup girls and beefcake fellas, as [...]

Everyone online now seems to have tips for thrift store shopping, but I’ve been doing this for a living for nearly 20 years, so take it from an “expert” – it is easy and fun if you like to shop and enjoy a bargain (who doesn’t). Here are my top tips: 1. Go, go early, [...]

I am not the best cook hence why I have a Chef for a boyfriend but I can bake. Recently my Man turned 33 so I decided to make him a Tres Leches Cake. Please see the recipe I used and Why yes it is FAT FREE!! HEHEHEHE Ingredients 1 cup All-purpose Flour 1-1/2 teaspoon [...]

I just recently met my biological father for the first time. He came bearing gifts from my grandmother’s closet. A huge collection of fantastic silk scarves! A few of my faves pictured below. This one paired great with my vintage camel coat from Trashy Diva! Can we say flight attendant chic? With my Cobalt Doris [...]

After taking a lot of guilty pleasure in EXTREME COUPONING, I decided to make it one of my New Year’s Resolutions to try and use coupons. I am fairly frugal in most matters, but when it comes to groceries I really just never thought it would be worth the time to collect coupons. I am [...]